Kumogakure's losses this time were even worse than Iwagakure's.
In order to silence everyone, Madara's Six Red Yang Formation had trapped several thousand Kumogakure shinobi.
Hunted down by Madara's Wood Clones, nearly all of those Kumogakure shinobi had died.
The corpses struck by Susanoo's blade were basically impossible to find intact.
What lay strewn across the ground now were less corpses than chunks of flesh and mangled remains.
There were countless bodies missing arms and legs, heads, or even all four limbs.
Although all the civilians within Kumogakure had taken shelter in the evacuation sites,
everything outside had been destroyed by the meteorites.
Many parts of the village had even caught fire, and Kumogakure was still searching through the ruins and putting out the flames.
The Raikage sat on the ground with vacant eyes. Before him lay the corpses of Killer B and Darui.
C, Dodai, Samui, and Mabui stood behind him.
Mabui was covered in bloody abrasions. They were scrapes from being blasted away while fleeing with the Amber Purifying Pot, and she looked utterly bedraggled.
Samui had only just come out of the shelter and was delivering her report.
"...The shelter in West District Four had its passageway crushed by the weight of the meteorite above it. Two hundred and sixty-three people were killed, and the injured..."
But the Raikage did not react at all. Dodai gestured to Samui from the side.
Samui fell silent as well.
"Raikage, you need to pull yourself together. There are still many people in our village relying on us to survive."
"Though our losses are severe, that Otsutsuki Toneri said he was going after Konoha's Jinchuriki and the Uchiha."
"Perhaps this is a turning point."
Dodai patiently tried to persuade him. Though his words were somewhat heartless, they were extremely rational.
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